- In architecture, a
vault (French voûte, from
Italian volta) is a self-supporting
arched form,
usually of
stone or brick,
serving to
cover a
space with...
-
Messenger of God'. The
standard would originally have been
attached to a pole
surmounted by a
nickel plated crescent moon and br**** star. Two gold
bullion and...
-
Force (RAF). It
features an
eagle superimposed on a circlet,
which is
surmounted by a crown. The
badge was
based on a
design by a
tailor at
Gieves Ltd...
- used in the
Catholic Church by the pope. It is a rod with a **** on top
surmounted by a cross. It
differs from a crosier, the
staff carried by
other Latin...
- (which
still stands, with its
separate entrance in
Brick Street still surmounted by the
coronet of a Marquess),
completely demolished. The
bland exterior...
-
Gules a pair of keys
crossed in saltire, one gold, one silver, tied gold,
surmounted by a
tiara silver,
crowned gold — is
taken to
represent the
Papacy as...
- arms are
ornamented with two keys – one gold, one silver – in saltire,
surmounted by an ombrellino, a
canopy or
umbrella of
alternating red and
yellow stripes...
- mozzetta,
appearing on the
balcony of St Peter's in a
white papal soutane,
surmounted by the pellegrina. He
donned the
broad scarlet papal stole only when bestowing...
- vacante, is also
ornamented with a pair of gold and
silver keys in
saltire surmounted by an umbraculum. The
umbraculum is one of the
symbols bestowed by the...
- Christianity, the
crozier has two
common forms: tau-shaped, with
curved arms,
surmounted by a
small cross; or a pair of
sculptured serpents or
dragons curled back...
